Lance McCord focuses his practice on outsourcing and commercial agreements, technology licensing, advertising data and targeting agreements, joint ventures and strategic alliances. Mr. McCord regularly assists clients with complex business process and IT outsourcing arrangements, joint ventures and in-bound and out-bound technology licenses. Mr. McCord also assists clients in the online advertising space with data licensing and targeted audience segment agreements.
Professional & Community Activities
North Carolina Innocence Project, Past Participant
North Carolina Law Review, Past Member
American Civil Liberties Union, University of North Carolina Law School Chapter, Former Secretary
American Constitution Society, University of North Carolina Law School Chapter, Past President
Industries
Advertising & Publishing
Experience
Worked on teams handling the following matters:
Merger of Emageon Inc. with AMICAS Inc., Represented Emageon Inc., a publicly traded medical image software developer, in connection with its merger with AMICAS Inc., a radiology information technology solutions provider. The transaction was structured as a tender offer followed by a short form merger.
Sale of Fortegra Corporation, Represented Fortegra Corporation, an insurance services company, in its sale to Summit Partners LP for approximately $110 million.
Outsourcing of data center operations for energy company, Represented publicly traded energy company in connection with the renegotiation of an agreement for the outsourcing of data center operations and related infrastructure support services to Acxiom. The transaction was structured as a sole source negotiation and was valued at over $30 million.
Strategic acquisition of optical products and services retailer, Assisted North Georgia vision care retailer group in its strategic acquisition of a privately held retailer of optical products and services headquartered in New Jersey. The transaction involved due diligence on more than 110 locations nationwide. The merger combined the companies into the fourth largest retail optical chain in the United States.
Corporate, commercial and business advice to Rainforest Productions, a motion pictures and feature films production company, Outside general counsel to Rainforest Productions and its affiliates engaged in the production and syndication of motion pictures and feature films.
ERP implementation for an acute-care tertiary hospital, Represented an acute-care tertiary hospital in connection with the licensing, implementation and support of an enterprise resource platform for management of medical records from Epic Systems Corporation.
Outsourcing of IT service desk for international hospitality company, Represented publicly traded international hospitality company in connection with the outsourcing of its global information technology help desk and related services to IBM. The transaction was valued at over $40 million and was structured as a sole source negotiation.
Represented leading maritime communications provider in joint venture negotiations, Represented a leading provider in the maritime telecommunications industry, focused solely on the cruise line and ferry sector, in joint venture negotiations and commercial agreements.
*Experience gained by attorney prior to joining Kilpatrick Townsend
Publications
01 August 2011, Fifth Circuit: "Best Efforts" Alone Not an Enforceable Standard, Legal Alerts
Corporate Espionage, Emerging Issues